A side-by-side look at the Crypto News Aggregator and Evc Spark MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Crypto News Aggregator for aggregators work as a local process; choose Evc Spark MCP for aggregators as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
get_latest_news, get_breaking_news, search_news.search_assets, get_asset, get_asset_content.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Aggregators | Aggregators |
| Quality signal | 67/100 · Great | 64/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | No auth required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 320 | 5 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 59 | 7 |
| Full listing | View Crypto News Aggregator | View Evc Spark MCP |
get_latest_newsLatest crypto headlines from 300+ sources (CoinDesk, The Block, Decrypt, Bloomberg, Reuters and more). Filter by category or source, sort by AI impact score, or restrict to the curated tier-1 homepage feed.get_breaking_newsBreaking crypto news from the last few hours, ranked by urgency. Use for "what just happened" questions.search_newsFull-text search across every indexed article. Pass a topic, coin, company or event. Set semantic=true for embedding-based search that matches meaning rather than exact words.get_articleFetch one article. Give an archive id or slug to read it from the archive, or give any article URL to extract its full text and metadata from the publisher page.get_archiveQuery the historical news archive by date range, ticker, source, sentiment or keyword. Every article carries market context (price at publish time).get_archive_statsCoverage statistics for the historical archive: article counts, date range, sources and categories.get_regulatory_newsRegulatory and legal developments: SEC, CFTC, MiCA, court rulings, enforcement. Filter by jurisdiction, agency, sector or lookback window, or ask for jurisdiction profiles, agencies, deadlines or an intelligence summary.get_portfolio_newsNews for a specific set of holdings, optionally with live prices for each coin. Use when the user names the coins they hold.get_daily_digestA compiled digest of the most important stories over the last 6, 12 or 24 hours, in full, brief or newsletter form.list_categoriesEvery news category the API understands, with article counts. Use the ids as the category argument of get_latest_news.get_trending_topicsTopics trending across the news flow right now, each tagged bullish, bearish or neutral with sample headlines.get_narrativesThe narratives currently driving coverage (e.g. RWA, restaking, ETF flows) with momentum, sentiment and related tickers. emerging=true surfaces narratives that are just starting to pick up.search_assetsSearch the Spark AI assets marketplace. Returns matching agents, skills, prompts, MCP connectors, and bundles. [Trial mode: limited to 5 results. Set SPARK_API_KEY for full access: https://spark.entire.vc/create]get_assetGet full details of a Spark asset by its slug. Returns description, files, outcome reports, and more.get_asset_contentGet the raw content of a Spark asset (prompt text, skill instructions, agent config). This counts as an acquisition and ends with an application_id to report the outcome with.list_popularList the most popular Spark assets. Defaults to combined quality+ratings score (combo). Great for discovering top-rated AI tools.list_categoriesList available categories (domains and AI tags) in the Spark marketplace. Useful for filtering searches.get_api_key_infoCheck your Spark API key status and daily usage. Shows how many assets you've served today and your remaining quota.report_outcomeReport what happened when you applied an asset you fetched with get_asset_content. Call it once you know: applied as is, applied with changes, broke, or not applicable. The next agent choosing this asset reads the outcomes in search results. Reports made with an API key count; anonymous ones are stored as unverified. Calling again with the same application_id updates your report.
Fields `task`, `note`, `changed_what`, `failed_at`, `expected`, `got` are shown to the asset's author. Do not include client data, private paths, keys, emails or URLs with tokens. Your identity is never shown to the author.Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"crypto-news-aggregator": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@nirholas/free-crypto-news-mcp"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"entire-vc-evc-spark-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"evc-spark-mcp"
]
}
}
}